2012 African Women's Championship

2012 African Women's Championship

Copa Africana de Naciones femenina 2012 Coupe d'Afrique des Nations féminine 2012 Copa das Nações Africanas feminina 2012
Tournament details
Host country	Equatorial Guinea
Dates	28 October – 11 November
Teams	8
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Equatorial Guinea (2nd title)
Runners-up	South Africa
Third place	Cameroon
Fourth place	Nigeria
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	47 (2.94 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Genoveva Añonman (6 goals)
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The 2012 African Women's Championship was a football competition, which was organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The final tournament was held in from 28 October to 11 November in Equatorial Guinea.^[1]

Qualification

Main article: 2012 African Women's Championship qualification

A total of 24 national teams entered qualification which was held over two rounds. In the preliminary round, 20 nations were drawn in pairs. The ten winners joined the four semifinalists of the 2010 Women's African Football Championship in the first round, where the seven winners qualified for the finals.^[2]

Qualified teams

•  Cameroon
•  DR Congo
•  Equatorial Guinea
•  Ethiopia
•  Ivory Coast
•  Nigeria
•  Senegal
•  South Africa

Squads

Main article: 2012 African Women's Championship squads

Group stage

All times are local, WAT (UTC+1).

The seven first round winners will join the hosts in the finals. Equatorial Guinea was put in Group A as hosts, while Nigeria as winners of 2010 edition was put into Group B. The draw was held on 17 July 2012.^[3]

Tiebreakers

If two or more teams in the group stage are tied on points tie-breakers are in order:^[4]

1. Points in head-to-head matches between tied teams
2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches between tied teams
3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches between tied teams
4. Goal difference in all group matches
5. Goals scored in all group matches
6. Fair play conduct
7. Drawing of lots

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Equatorial Guinea (H)	3	3	0	0	12	0	+12	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	South Africa	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	6
3	DR Congo	3	1	0	2	2	10	−8	3
4	Senegal	3	0	0	3	0	7	−7	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

28 October 2012 (2012-10-28)

14:30

Equatorial Guinea	1–0	South Africa
Chinasa 33'	Report

Estadio de Malabo, Malabo

Referee: Therese Sagno (Guinea)

28 October 2012 (2012-10-28)

17:30

Senegal	0–1	DR Congo
	Report	Nona 74' (pen.)

Estadio de Malabo, Malabo

Referee: Amegee Aissatta (Togo)

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31 October 2012 (2012-10-31)

14:30

South Africa	1–0	Senegal
Mgcoyi 70'	Report

Estadio de Malabo, Malabo

Referee: Lidya Tafese (Ethiopia)

31 October 2012 (2012-10-31)

17:30

Equatorial Guinea	6–0	DR Congo
Añonman 25', 66', 73' Bwadi 39' (o.g.) Chinasa 63' Jade 86'	Report

Estadio de Malabo, Malabo

Referee: Christine Ziga (Ghana)

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3 November 2012 (2012-11-03)

17:30

Equatorial Guinea	5–0	Senegal
Jade 5', 14' Tiga 15' Jumária 47' Añonman 72'	Report

Estadio de Malabo, Malabo

Referee: Grace Msiska (Malawi)

3 November 2012 (2012-11-03)

17:30

South Africa	4–1	DR Congo
Smeda 3' Mgcoyi 10', 48', 57'	Report	Tuzolana 88'

Nkoantoma Stadium, Bata

Referee: Gladys Lingwe (Zambia)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Nigeria	3	3	0	0	8	2	+6	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Cameroon	3	1	1	1	5	3	+2	4
3	Ivory Coast	3	1	0	2	7	7	0	3
4	Ethiopia	3	0	1	2	0	8	−8	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

29 October 2012 (2012-10-29)

14:30

Nigeria	2–1	Cameroon
Ohadugha 45+1' Nkwocha 86'	Report	Manie 52' (pen.)

Nkoantoma Stadium, Bata

Referee: Gladys Lengwe (Zambia)

29 October 2012 (2012-10-29)

17:30

Ivory Coast	5–0	Ethiopia
Nrehy 1', 9', 68' Gnago 51' N'Guessan 53'	Report

Nkoantoma Stadium, Bata

Referee: Kankou Coulibaly (Mali)

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1 November 2012 (2012-11-01)

14:30

Cameroon	4–1	Ivory Coast
Iven 11', 25' Onguene 62' Zouga 88'	Report	Nahi 18'

Nkoantoma Stadium, Bata

Referee: Neama Mohamed Rashad (Egypt)

1 November 2012 (2012-11-01)

17:30

Ethiopia	0–3	Nigeria
	Report	Sunday 26' Mbachu 64' Nkwocha 66'

Nkoantoma Stadium, Bata

Referee: Maximina Bernardo (Angola)

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4 November 2012 (2012-11-04)

17:30

Nigeria	3–1	Ivory Coast
Chukwudi 9' Ebere 39' Mbachu 75'	Report	Nrehy 82'

Estadio de Malabo, Malabo

Referee: Insaf El Harkaoui (Morocco)

4 November 2012 (2012-11-04)

17:30

Cameroon	0–0	Ethiopia
	Report

Nkoantoma Stadium, Bata

Referee: Aisha Nabikko Ssemambo (Uganda)

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	7 November – Malabo
	Equatorial Guinea	2
					11 November – Malabo
	Cameroon	0
					Equatorial Guinea	4
	7 November – Bata
					South Africa	0
	Nigeria	0
	South Africa	1
					Third place play-off
					11 November – Malabo
					Cameroon	1
					Nigeria	0

Semi-finals

7 November 2012

14:30

Equatorial Guinea	2–0	Cameroon
Chinasa 7' Añonman 40'	Report

Estadio de Malabo, Malabo

7 November 2012

17:30

Nigeria	0–1	South Africa
	Report	van Wyk 23'

Nkoantoma Stadium, Bata

Third place play-off

11 November 2012

14:30

Cameroon	1–0	Nigeria
Enganamouit 31'	Report

Estadio de Malabo, Malabo

Final

11 November 2012

17:30

Equatorial Guinea	4–0	South Africa
Chinasa 43', 72' Tiga 66' Añonman 70'	Report

Estadio de Malabo, Malabo

Attendance: 20 000

Goalscorers

There were 47 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 2.94 goals per match.

6 goals

• Genoveva Añonman

5 goals

• Gloria Chinasa

4 goals

• Ines Nrehy
• Andisiwe Mgcoyi

3 goals

• Jade Boho

2 goals

• Adrienne Iven
• Adriana Aparecida Costa
• Stella Mbachu
• Perpetua Nkwocha

1 goal

• Jeanine Alexise Gnago
• Ange N'Guessan
• Josée Nahi
• Christine Manie
• Gabrielle Onguéné
• Gaëlle Enganamouit
• Francine Zouga
• Lucie Mengi Nona
• Jolie Tuzolana
• Jumária Barbosa de Santana
• Ogonna Chukwudi
• Ngozi Ebere
• Martina Ohadugha
• Esther Sunday
• Leandra Smeda
• Janine van Wyk

1 own goal

• Bwadi Mwalutshe (against Equatorial Guinea)

References

1. "Women's round-up: January 2012". FIFA. Archived from the original on February 13, 2012. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
2. "FIXTURES VIIITH AFRICAN WOMEN CHAMPIONSHIP-2012" (PDF). Confédération Africaine de Football. 19 October 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2011.
3. "8th African Women Championship final draw completed in Cairo". CAF. 17 July 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
4. "2012 Regulations". CAF. Retrieved 30 October 2012.

External links

• BBC ;Results & Fixtures
• Results at soccerway.com